Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ch. 1. Doulas and the evidence base for birthing support -- ch 2. Community-based work : doulas in context -- ch. 3. The community-based doula model -- ch. 4. The Chicago doula project -- ch. 5. Nurturing the nurturers : doula recruitment, education, and support -- ch. 6. The doula's experience of the work -- ch. 7. Listening to the voices of young mothers : women's experience of doula support -- ch. 8. Replication of the Chicago Health Connection model -- ch. 9. Social forces affecting community-based doula practice -- ch. 10. Move to action -- Appendix A : Findings from studies of labor support -- About the authors.